Best Richard Ferrone Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Richard Ferrone — 7 titles spanning Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, averaging 3.94 ABR stars.

Richard Ferrone is a veteran audiobook narrator with a deep, distinctive voice that has served science fiction, fantasy, and adventure fiction across multiple decades. He is the narrator of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy — Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars — considered one of the most ambitious and scientifically rigorous works of hard science fiction. Ferrone's narration of the trilogy, which spans over a century of Martian colonization and transformation, required sustained commitment to an enormous cast of characters and an extraordinary range of scientific, philosophical, and political material. He also narrated Clive Barker's Abarat, bringing Barker's lush, visionary fantasy world to audio with appropriate imagination. His work on Conn Iggulden's Genghis: Birth of an Empire and Richard A. Knaak's Stormrage shows his breadth across historical fiction and fantasy gaming tie-ins. Ferrone's voice has a natural gravitas that suits large-canvas, intellectually ambitious fiction.

Where to Start with Richard Ferrone

  1. 1
    Genghis: Birth of an Empire cover

    Genghis: Birth of an Empire

    Conqueror • Book 1

    by Conn Iggulden

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 4.46 ABR Score (39.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (38.2K) ★ 4.68 Audible (876)
    18h 14m listening time • Released 2011
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    We Are Water

    by Wally Lamb

    Narrated by Wally Lamb, George Guidall, Maggi-Meg Reed, Tavia Gilbert, Richard Ferrone, Edoardo Ballerini, Cynthia Darlow, Therese Plummer, Robin Miles, Sandy Rustin

    ★ 4.03 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (56.6K) ★ 4.32 Audible (2.9K)
    23h 11m listening time • Released 2013

    A stellar ensemble cast transforms this multigenerational family reckoning into something closer to theater than narration, with each voice bringing authentic depth to competing perspectives on love, loyalty, and secrets.

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    Green Mars

    Mars Trilogy • Book 2

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.99 ABR Score (43.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.96 Goodreads (41.2K) ★ 4.32 Audible (2.5K)
    27h 10m listening time • Released 2008
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    Blue Mars

    Mars Trilogy • Book 3

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.92 ABR Score (35.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (33.4K) ★ 4.25 Audible (1.9K)
    31h 55m listening time • Released 2008
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    Abarat

    Abarat • Book 1

    by Clive Barker

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.89 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (29.9K) ★ 4.19 Audible (724)
    11h 28m listening time • Released 2005
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    Red Mars

    Mars Trilogy • Book 1

    by Kim Stanley Robinson

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.78 ABR Score (94.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.86 Goodreads (89.2K) ★ 4.03 Audible (5.3K)
    23h 51m listening time • Released 2008
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    Stormrage

    World of Warcraft • Book 7

    by Richard A. Knaak

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

    ★ 3.53 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.67 Goodreads (4.6K) ★ 4 Audible (1.7K)
    15h 45m listening time • Released 2010
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